Our fall new member classes will be held Monday September 17 and 24 at 7 p.m. and New Member Sunday is September 30 at whatever service our new members attend. I LOVE new members! I love old members too… and people in general come to think of it. The most frequent question I get is… Read More »
How the World Changes
This picture may not look very exciting. For some of you, it looks like some of the church you know sitting around our wonderful table in the new library. For others of you, it looks like strangers sitting around a table. To me, it looks like the world changing. This is our Hunger Outreach team… Read More »
My Story, Our Story, THE Story
My story. Our story. THE Story. This is my method of preaching. It’s how I think about and craft my sermons. Every sermon I deliver is some mix of these three moves. I love preaching. I almost always draw from my experiences and life history. That personal connection helps ground the Bible where it needs… Read More »
Three Things
I have been doing “Three Things” for a few years. I learned this process from The Rev. Mike Slaughter, a United Methodist Pastor at Ginghamsburg UMC down in the Dayton-area. The thinking behind the three things is this: aside from my normal duties of preaching, teaching, visiting, marrying and burying, I will set three goals for… Read More »
